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We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.

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Rafael Nadal
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: June 3
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I don't have any idols, any heroes, nothing, no.
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You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.
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The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.
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I like a lot of sports. Especially football - it's my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.
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I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.
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When one player is better than you, at this moment, the only thing you can do is work, try to find solutions and try to wait a little bit for your time. I'm going to wait and I'm going to try a sixth time. And if the sixth doesn't happen, a seventh. It's going to be like this. That's the spirit of sport.
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I'm delighted with the way I'm playing at the moment
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I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.
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I will work day after day like I did my whole life ... I'm not going to change anything.
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My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.
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It's more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery.
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